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| Directed by | Viktor Tourjansky |
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| Cinematography | Franz Koch |
| Music by | Lothar Brühne |
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| Distributed by | Deutsche Filmvertriebs |
Release date | 1 December 1944 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Orient Express (German: Orient-Express) is a 1944 German thriller film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Siegfried Breuer, Gusti Wolf and Rudolf Prack.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber.
Synopsis
As the Orient Express hurtles through the Balkans a loud scream is heard and the communication cord is pulled. When the guard investigates he discovers a dead man in one of the compartments. Police from the nearest town arrive to investigate. Yet it seems most of the passengers are suspicious.
Cast
- Siegfried Breuer as Baron Erich Hübner
- Gusti Wolf as Sonja Promshek
- Rudolf Prack as Franz Schulz
- Lisa Siebel as Frau Dr. Inge Geldern
- Paul Dahlke as Police Commisar Iwanowitsch
- Oskar Sima as Mischa Kowa, reporter
- Joseph Offenbach as Inspector Kosta Balaban
- Hilde Sessak as Vera Voneitz, aka Vera Pamalet
- Lotte Lang as Mizzi Treff
- Nicolas Koline as Der Schlafwagenschaffner
- Heini Handschumacher as Holzer, private detective
- Albert Lippert as Franko, lawyer
- Tibor Halmay as Jango
- Georg Vogelsang as Anton Brukenhauser
- Viktor Afritsch as Garwinsky
- Walther Jung as Die Excellenz
References
- ↑ Wiesenthal p. 28
Bibliography
- Mauricio Wiesenthal. The belle époque of the Orient-Express. Crescent Books, 1979.
External links
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